An Arranged Marriage...Or Not? (On Hold)

Chapter 2

A/N: Picture to the side is Tommy, played by Nathan Sykes :)

Chapter 2:

The following morning, my dad drove me to the airport. I was still in my pajamas, seeing as how I just woke up and was too lazy to actually change my clothes. I left a note for the twin’s. I couldn’t face them this morning, not after the encounter with Tommy last night.

“Daddy, do you feel guilty at all for making me marry Tommy? Do you feel guilty for making me do this when you know what happened to Jesse and Jason when we were all younger?” I asked, breaking the awkward silence that had settled between us.

He sighed. “Yes, I do feel guilty. I know exactly what Thomas did to you and the twin’s. But I had no say in the matter. Your mother…”

“Step-mother,” I spat through gritted teeth. She would never replace my mom.

“Right. Your step-mother saw all the pictures of you and Thomas together when you were younger. She knew we were having some troubles, and so she decided that the best way to go about things would be to set up an arranged marriage. I knew it was a bad idea; especially marrying Thomas. But I had already lost your mother; I didn’t want to lose your step-mother too,” he continued.

“But do you actually realize how much pain the twin’s are going through seeing me with him?” I asked.

“Samantha, we are done talking about this,” my father demanded.

I turned to look out the car window. What happened to the man who would do anything to protect his little girl? Right, she died. Tears rolled silently down my face.

We pulled into the airport and I looked at the private jet waiting for me. Tommy was there, of course. I wanted to hit him for the smug look he wore. I got out and my dad grabbed my suitcases.

“Tommy,” I muttered, looking at my feet. As long as I didn’t look at him, the memories stayed away.

“Oh, look, the little girl won’t look at me. Embarrassed?” he laughed.

I bit the inside of my cheek to keep from making a sarcastic reply. Tommy’s eyes flashed with an emotion that I couldn’t quite place before it was gone. I walked past him, not even stopping to say goodbye to my dad. I sat in the back of the private jet; hugging my knees to my chest.

My phone buzzed and I looked to see who was calling. It was my mom. I pressed answer and held the phone to my ear.

“Mommy,” I sniffled.

“Sweetie, what’s wrong?” she asked; I could hear the panic in her voice.

“Daddy and April are sending me off to get married,” I explained through my tears. “And it is so terrible. I don’t want to marry him.”

“Who are you marrying?” she asked; though I think she already knew the answer.

“Tommy,” I sobbed.

My mother was furious. “No, I will not let this happen. Listen, I’m in Florida right now, but I am coming to get you.”

I wiped my eyes. “Tommy lives in Florida. I’m on my way there right now.”

“When you get here, I am coming to find you. Don’t worry baby girl. I won’t let you marry him. I don’t understand how your father can do this to you.”

“I love you, Mommy,” I whispered.

“I love you too,” she sighed. “Now, I have to call the twin’s and make sure they’re okay.”

I hung up and put my phone back in my pocket. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to keep warm. All of a sudden, a blanket was wrapped around me. I looked up into the eyes of Tommy. Why was he being nice all of a sudden? Not that I was complaining.

“I think we need to talk,” he said quietly.

I hesitated before scooting over and letting Tommy sit down next to me. Without realizing it; I curled into his side; much like I used to when we were dating. I would never admit to Tommy how much I missed this.

Fearing he would snap at any given moment, I spoke quietly, “Do you ever wish you could rewind time so that the accident never happened?”

The unspoken question was that, do you think we’d still be together.

Tommy sighed a little. “I wish every single day that the accident hadn’t happened. I don’t know if we’d still be together or not, but I like to hope that we would be.”

“I loved you, ya know,” I whispered. “But after everything that happened; I’m not sure I can ever love someone again. Every one I love only ends up leaving me.”

Tommy only gave me a sad smile. “I loved you too. Now, I’m only hoping we can get through this without trying to kill each other.”

This was the Tommy I missed, the quiet and gentle boy. I hated the one who had been at my house. That Tommy was hateful and cruel. We both had changed. But it looks like life was nicer to Tommy than it was to me.

“Sam, I know this may be a touchy subject, but why wasn’t your mom at the house?” Tommy asked a while later.

I winced. “My mom left us after the accident. I was depressed and wouldn’t come out of my room. My dad had been cheating. Jesse and Jason were in the same boat I was. She just had enough and left.”

“The accident ruined a lot of lives,” he muttered.

I knew I shouldn’t continue, but I had to. Tommy had to see the mistake he made. “Jesse and Jason are scared to set foot in a school again. They have been homeschooled ever since.”

“The entire accident was my fault.”

I looked at him. In a way, it was. But I didn’t blame the entire accident on Tommy. He wasn’t the one who started shooting the gun.

“It’s my fault that my brother went to your school and shot people. He had been acting strange and I didn’t really question it further. He had no reason to go to your school, but I told him where you went and what time you usually got there. It’s because of me your sister is dead. It’s because of me that the twin’s are scared to leave the house! I don’t blame you for hating me.”

Tears were running down both our faces. “I did hate you, Tommy. I think part of me still does. But, right now, you’re the same person I had fallen in love with when I was younger. But I don’t want those feelings to come back because it only caused me heartache.”

Tommy flinched when I said he caused me so much heartache. “I didn’t want to face you, Sam. I let my brother get in my head and change every part of me. I changed my view on life and you were the one person I pushed all my hate on. You didn’t deserve it, but you had broken up with me and I was angry.”

“You actually listened to your brother? What is wrong with you?” I demanded. “I know your brother was the one in the wrong, but you still listened to him.”

Tommy didn’t answer; only looked down at the ground. It was obvious he was ashamed. “You should get changed. We’ll be in Florida soon and my parents are throwing a party. You’ll have to meet all my family members.”

Tommy led me towards the bathroom and handed me a dress. He told me the shoes were in the suitcase by the front of the private jet. I pushed Tommy out of the bathroom and locked the door behind me. I looked at the dress and sighed. “Here we go.”

Once I was dressed, I walked out of the bathroom and sat next to Tommy near the front of the jet. I pulled on the shoes and then just sat there. As we began our descent into Miami, FL, I took a hold of Tommy’s hand. I hated landing; it was the worst part about flying. Tommy gripped my hand just as tight.

“Ready?” he asked as we landed.

I shook my head. “No, but I don’t really have a choice.”

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A/N - Once again, thank you to anyone who is reading. Comment, vote. I'll try posting chapter 3 soon. :)